Join us this July for Gutifest, our first-ever guest series programmed by LA Times columnist Gustavo Arellano!
Join us this June for Pride Month 2023, a series of eight films exploring LGBTQ identity and themes!
Join Trash-Mex this May for a weekend-long series of Mexican horror and sci-fi cult classic double features!
Join us throughout the year for 21st Century Cult, a series celebrating the new cult canon of the 2000s and 2010s!
Full speed ahead for Star Wars Month this July, featuring all three entries of the original trilogy!
Head for the hills, because Showa Godzilla Weekend is stomping into town this June!
This May is Powell and Pressburger Month, featuring the movies of filmmaking team Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger!
Celebrate one of kung-fu’s most celebrated stars with Bruce Lee Weekend, coming this May!
Join us for the first month of our American Independent series, spotlighting American indie cinema!
Our April Director of the Month is Ari Aster, a modern day pioneer of elevated horror!
Frida After Dark returns this March for another late-night run of midnight movies and cult classics!
We’re dedicating March to “Queen of the Indies” Parker Posey, with three movies starring her playing this month!
The Frida Cinema commemorates Oscar season with our staff members’ favorite Best Picture winners!
Celebrate Valentine’s Day at The Frida all month-long with a series featuring beloved romances from all genres and generations!
Our February director of the month is Jordan Peele, the visionary mind behind Get Out and other modern horror classics!
Revisit the work of one of modern cinema’s most penetrating filmmakers with our Todd Field Retrospective!
Come on out for our British Rock Invasion series, a month-long selection of movies by or about British rock and rollers!
Tiptoe on over for Hitchcock Double Trouble December, featuring back to back screenings of the director’s thrillers!
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